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Ordered mesoporous silica/polyvinylidene fluoride composite membranes for effective removal of water contaminants
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article)A facile one-step immersion co-precipitation method has been developed to fabricate an inorganic-organic composite membrane with three-dimensionally (3D) interpenetrating porous structures via incorporating ordered mesoporous ... -
Ordered Mesoporous Tin Oxide Semiconductors with Large Pores and Crystallized Walls for High-Performance Gas Sensing
( NLM (Medline) , 2018 , Article)Owing to their distinct chemical and physical properties, mesoporous metal oxide semiconductors have shown great application potential in catalysis, electrochemistry, energy conversion, and energy storage. In this study, ... -
Ordered porous metal oxide semiconductors for gas sensing
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)Among various gas sensing materials, metal oxide semiconductors have shown great potential as resistive type sensors. The ordered porous structural metal oxide semiconductors with well-defined meso- or macro-pores chemically ... -
Ordered, highly zeolitized mesoporous aluminosilicates produced by a gradient acidic assembly growth strategy in a mixed template system
( American Chemical Society , 2016 , Article)Tremendous efforts have been made in recent years to synthesize ordered mesoporous zeolite materials, because of the accelerating demands of industrial bulky molecule conversion. Here, we develop a novel gradient acidic ... -
Oxidative degradation of tannic acid in aqueous solution by UV/S2O8 2- and UV/H2O2/Fe2+ processes: A comparative study
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Tannic acid (TA) is a major pollutant present in the wastewater generated from vegetable tanneries process and food processing. This work studied TA degradation by two advanced oxidation processes (APOs): UV irradiation ... -
Photoelectrochemical Conversion from Graphitic C3N4 Quantum Dot Decorated Semiconductor Nanowires
( American Chemical Society , 2016 , Article)Despite the recent progress of developing graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as a metal-free photocatalyst, the synthesis of nanostructured g-C3N4 has still remained a complicated and time-consuming approach from its bulk ... -
Physico-mechanical, dielectric, and piezoelectric properties of PVDF electrospun mats containing silver nanoparticles.
( C , 2017 , Article)Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) is a piezoelectric material with outstanding physical and mechanical properties. The piezoelectric properties depend on the β-phase content of this polymer, while the physical and mechanical ... -
Piezo- and Thermoelectric Materials from Biopolymer Composites
( Elsevier Inc. , 2017 , Book chapter)Energy or power harvesting materials based on polymer nanocomposites have emerged as stable sources of electrical energy. Their wider applications ranging from aerospace to military and from automobiles to e-clothing signify ... -
Plasmolysis-Inspired Nanoengineering of Functional Yolk-Shell Microspheres with Magnetic Core and Mesoporous Silica Shell
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Yolk-shell nanomaterials with a rattle-like structure have been considered ideal carriers and nanoreactors. Traditional methods to constructing yolk-shell nanostructures mainly rely on multistep sacrificial template strategy. ... -
Poly (acrylonitrile-co-methyl methacrylate) nanoparticles: I. Preparation and characterization
( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)This work concerns the preparation and characterization of poly (acrylonitrile-co-methyl methacrylate) Copolymer, P(AN-co-MMA), nano-particles using precipitation polymerization technique. Potassium per-sulfate redox ... -
Polymer-based electrospun nanofibers for biomedical applications
( MDPI AG , 2018 , Article Review)Electrospinning has been considered a promising and novel procedure to fabricate polymer nanofibers due to its simplicity, cost effectiveness, and high production rate, making this technique highly relevant for both industry ... -
Polymer-metal oxide composite nanofibers
( Elsevier , 2021 , Book chapter)Extensive studies have been conducted on different kinds of polymers, their composites, and multifunctionalities, depending on their structural features. Metal oxides and their polymer nanocomposites offer technological ... -
Polymer-metal oxide composite nanofibers
( Elsevier , 2021 , Book chapter)Extensive studies have been conducted on different kinds of polymers, their composites, and multifunctionalities, depending on their structural features. Metal oxides and their polymer nanocomposites offer technological ... -
Polymers to improve the world and lifestyle: physical, mechanical, and chemical needs
( Elsevier , 2020 , Book chapter)The wide-ranging applications of polymers are due to their important advantages that involve their relatively low cost, low density, resistance to corrosion, resistance to most chemicals, and easier manufacturing designs. ... -
Porous MXenes: Synthesis, structures, and applications
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)Due to highly tunable metallic compositions and surface functional groups, MXenes have attracted significant interests for a wide range of applications, such as energy storage, electromagnetic interference shielding, ... -
Precise fabrication of porous one-dimensional gC3N4 nanotubes doped with Pd and Cu atoms for efficient CO oxidation and CO2 reduction
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Rational design of graphitic carbon nitride nanostructures (gC3N4) is vital for various catalytic applications. Herein, we synthesized porous gC3N4 nanotubes (gC3N4NTs) doped with Pd and Cu (Pd/Cu/gC3N4NTs) via the consecutive ... -
Processing and characterization of polyethylene-based composites
( Taylor & Francis , 2015 , Article)Thermoplastic matrix polymer composites have gained commercial success in the semistructural and structural applications. Polyethylene (PE) is one of the most versatile and widely used thermoplastics in the world because ... -
Production of Biodiesel from Soybean Oil in Less Time and at Low Temperature
( Asian Publication Corporation , 2022 , Article)The heterogeneous catalyst plays an important role in the production of biodiesel at industrial level. In present work, the utilization of wollastonite as a heterogeneous catalyst is attempted to explore its non-biomedical ... -
Purification of colloidal oil in water emulsions by cationic adsorbent prepared from recycled polyethylene waste
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)This study deals with removing crude oil droplets from colloidal oil in water emulsions. The target was the development of efficient adsorbents for the tertiary treatment of industrial-produced water (PW). The novel adsorbent ... -
Purification of emulsified oily polluted waters with modified melamine foams
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Oil and gas industry operations produce tremendous amounts of wastewater (produced water; PW). Tertiary treatment of the PW in the final treatment stage is challenging due to the presence of colloids with sizes < 500 nm ...